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Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local account in Windows 11

But most Microsoft account sign-in workarounds for Windows 11 continue to work.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/microsoft-removes-documentation-for-switching-to-a-local-account-in-windows-11/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

scrutinizer ,
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@arstechnica They should stop all this nonsense and make the LTSC version the standard.

Sturmflut ,
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@arstechnica If only a global community of companies and individuals was developing a superior operating system that didn't come with any of this BS

uberprutser ,
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@arstechnica Microsoft gets more and more annoying. I will try and switch to Linux once support for Windows 10 stops

Nonya_Bidniss ,
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@arstechnica Microsoft is on a long slow slide down the drain

vadhakara ,
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@arstechnica Microsoft hasn't had proper and useful documentation for their OS in like 2 decades now. It has been a piecemeal mess that is only useful after the community of users writes the rest of it for them. And then what did they do? Broke every old link on their documentation site. I'm moving to linux soon. Almost all the games I own work on it now, and there isn't a single piece of Windows-only software that I can't do without.

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drakenblackknight ,
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@arstechnica
Meanwhile I ditched Windon't after the news of not only trying to force Recall on everyone but also the fact that they were hoping no one would notice a security vulnerability that was explicitly used in the SolarWinds hack of 2021, completely wiped the SSD, and flashed a fresh install of Linux Mint 21.3 (my machine previously dual-booted Windon't 11 and LM21.3).

woo ,

@arstechnica Is Microsoft still in business? Why?

18+ SoLSec ,
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@arstechnica Absolutely draconian bullshit.

nazokiyoubinbou ,
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@arstechnica Fun fact: if your online account gets locked -- such as if you log into your account on a console apparently (that's what did it for me. I logged into Minecraft. That's it. Just logged in. Didn't make any purchases, didn't even play online. Just logged in) it breaks access to your computer. And if you log in with a second account, anything encrypted with the first is inaccessible. This is a big problem if you don't want to give them personal info (like your cell number.)

marc_w ,
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@arstechnica

I saw where Microsoft was going in 2006 and switch to Linux way back then.

bruce ,
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@arstechnica
Local accounts are marginally harder to vacuum up data from. That, with apologies to Charlie Pierce, is a situation up with which Microsoft will not put.

piepants ,
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@arstechnica eh, my workaround (not using Windows) continues to work just fine!

darryl_ramm ,
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@arstechnica

How can you enshitify something already as shitty as Windows?

Microsoft: hold my beer.

JoeBecomeTheSun ,

@arstechnica Remember that the jack sparrow edition of Windows 11 Enterprise is free. https://massgrave.dev

mousey ,
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@arstechnica
/me pats his Debian/KDE desktop.. Sorry to hear about those problems other people have.

matthartley ,
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@arstechnica Looks at my Linux desktop. Boy that sucks for them. :)

12thRITS ,
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@arstechnica One disadvantage of using a local account is that you can't sync your computer with your phone.

mlanger ,
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@arstechnica I guess Microsoft never heard of Google or YouTube? The instructions are there, I'm sure, and if they're not, they will be.

KellicTiger ,
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@arstechnica whatever I dropped your sorry ass in Feb. Never to return after 30+ years of using Windows.

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